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Climate change International

Just transition warriors walk the talk

Apr 30, 2026

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions should be a motherhood issue. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased from 280 to 420 parts per million in barely 60…

Economics

Public grocery stores—a good idea, or not?

Apr 24, 2026

Government-run grocery stores have become an item among progressives lately. Inspired perhaps by the new social democratic mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, who made…

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The UN’s contentious motion on slavery

Apr 21, 2026

Earlier this month the United Nations passed Resolution A/80/L.48: Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, a motion proposed by the…

Religion

On becoming an admirer of popes

Apr 18, 2026

I have never been a fan of the Roman Catholic Church. Its hierarchical and misogynistic ways grate on my progressive nerves. However, I must confess…

International

Hungary opts for Europe

Apr 15, 2026

What’s not to celebrate about the Hungarian election? Prime Minister Viktor Orban, good friend of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, was booted out of office…

United States

American jihadist

Apr 8, 2026

President Trump has been trimming the upper ranks of his administration. He has, for instance, fired two of his more notorious cabinet members: Kristi Noem…

Politics

The NDP and the provincial/federal conundrum

Apr 1, 2026

The people have spoken. Last weekend, the members of the federal NDP elected Avi Lewis their leader with a solid 56 percent of the first…

Religion

It only took 1,429 years

Mar 28, 2026

If I were a Christian, I would be an Anglican. I was, after all, baptized and confirmed in the Anglican faith. However, having never believed…

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Sustainability: how two “problems” equal one solution

Mar 25, 2026

Two economic “problems” confound our policy-making. They appear distinct, yet offer a very promising relationship. The first is population decline. Outside of Sub-Saharan Africa, the…

International

Killing Iranians

Mar 20, 2026

When the American/Israeli attack on Iran hit the news, and the world heard that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had left office in a body…

United States

The tech bros rebel

Mar 17, 2026

The heads of large corporations are perhaps the most powerful men in the United States. And not the least among them are the CEOs of…

Culture

Is your next-door neighbour morally good?

Mar 13, 2026

I often forget how different we are from Americans in some important ways. I was reminded of this recently while perusing a survey by the…

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  • Owning up
    8 August 2026
  • The UN’s contentious motion on slavery
    21 April 2026
  • Sustainability: how two “problems” equal one solution
    25 March 2026
  • About the decline of Western civilization
    11 March 2026
  • Calgary’s water problem and the cost of sprawl
    17 January 2026
  • Where did all the conservatives go?
    15 December 2025
  • The U.S. changes sides, whither Canada?
    15 August 2025
  • Alberta, tribalism, luck and oil
    24 May 2025
  • It’s the cruelty that appals
    16 March 2025
  • The hypocrisy of exporting fossil fuel emissions
    29 November 2024
  • What is the real price of your hamburger?
    23 September 2024
  • Premier Smith and the fascist hatemonger
    27 August 2024
  • Sweden—a model economy
    15 August 2024
  • The most important history lesson
    23 March 2024
  • Terrorism—weapon of the oppressed?
    9 October 2023
  • Conservatives and the CBC
    2 March 2023
  • Dismissing the low taxes myth
    26 February 2023
  • The “racialized” fallacy … or how to (or not to) compare ethnic groups
    9 March 2022

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